The new procedure, known as transcatheter aortic health valve replacement, TAVR for short, is a potential lifesaver for these patients.

Penn’s School of Medicine is one of 22 institutions nationwide participating in a clinical trial for a procedure that may offer high-risk heart patients a safer alternative to open-heart surgery.

Edwards Lifesciences reports initial success with the first three human implants of its Fortis mitral transcatheter heart valve, a necessary milestone if the California company is to succeed in ...

LaPook notes that it will be a few more years before this procedure is widely available. He says it's in the final stages of testing at about 30 hospitals around the country.

He says that six patients at Saint Francis Hospital have gotten the Zephyr Valve procedure and right now another 10 are testing to see if they are eligible.

Periodic service and testing allows plants to operate for longer intervals, according to the company, which notes that its control valve test units are designed and equipped to conduct high ...

Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have successfully performed preclinical laboratory testing of a replacement heart valve intended for toddlers and young children with congenital ...

Freeport LNG pointed to deficiencies in safety valve testing and operating procedures as the root causes of a pipeline explosion that shut its export plant in Texas on June 8, according to a ...

Doctors are grappling with how to manage the use of a new, less-invasive heart-valve procedure that is in high demand, but is relatively unproven for many patients. The procedure, which involves ...

As control valves play a key role in process quality and reliability, “extreme care” must be taken to avoid costly premature failures, resulting in substantial loss and even plant shut-down ...